Maurader's Map (Was Curriculum/the Dark Arts)

[avonlea0112]

No: HPFGUIDX 31952

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Elizabeth Dalton <Elizabeth.Dalton at E...> 
wrote:
> We also have several people asserting that objects which can think 
for
> themselves (Riddle's diary, the Marauder's Map) are suspect as Dark 
magic.
> 

Does the Maurader's Map really think for itself, though?  So far it 
just seems like a sheet of paper magically programmed to display 
people, nothing more or less, and it does appear to contain some 
flaws.

And are portraits considered "objects that think for themselves" or 
just flat people?

~Avonlea~